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There is possibly no other valley in West Asia that is so loaded with expectation as Bamiyan. And it carries the load so deceptively well. After the highly staged-managed dynamiting of the two 1500-year old buddhas by the Taliban in 2001 they seem to have gained a new life – and then slipped back into obscurity. And, there may be another buddha. Afghans are excavating for what they hope is a reclining buddha. Read more in my article ….